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Leo leaned in. “Do you know something?” Tem didn’t answer. Leo wasn’t looking away. Caspen’s words ran through her mind: What will your little prince think of what you did? Tem knew exactly what Leo would think. He would be disgusted, and he would have every right to be. Tem had become the thing the…

Caspen smiled. “Yes, that is the hope. But your heart may call to someone else, Tem.” “How would it do that?” “The tournament demands that you be honest with yourself. When it is over, your heart will call to your true mate.” “Then my heart will call to you.” “You cannot predict the outcome of…

She dipped easily into her wetness, playing first with her clitoris before slipping her fingers deep inside. Tem concentrated on how it felt, focusing on the slick sensation, imagining Caspen was doing it instead. It was hard to believe she’d spent so many years doing this alone in her bedroom, and now she was doing…

“Rowe will not win,” Caspen cut her off. Adelaide pursed her lips with annoyance. “I said if, Caspenon. If he wins, Temperance will have to marry him. We must all prepare for that possibility.” Tem crossed her arms. She would do no such thing. The thought of marrying Rowe was abhorrent. She’d kill herself before…

“She has seen this before.” “Seen what before?” Caspen didn’t answer. He was barreling through the passageway, shoving basilisks out of his path. He could touch them easily; the barrier didn’t seem to extend to those in his way. “Why can’t we touch each other?” Tem insisted, already short of breath. “What’s going on?” “I…

“Caspen is already worthy of it.” “Not to the Senecas.” Stubborn resistance curled in Tem. “But why? There are other inter-quiver couples. I don’t see anyone else’s marriage being contested.” “You are a Hybreed, Temperance. It is an incredible gift. Your loyalty is an advantage to whichever quiver you favor.” Tem hadn’t found that being…

Tem didn’t dare enter his mind. There was a black cloud around it she couldn’t hope to penetrate and didn’t want to anyway. This was a conversation better had out loud. “I am thinking that I have never met someone so incapable of following instructions as you.” The words stung. They took her immediately back…

She turned back to the statues, and her next words were a whisper. “You shouldn’t have to carry him alone.” A pause. His whisper mirrored hers. “You should not have to carry him at all.” When she didn’t reply, he said, “It is my choice, Temperance.” A choice he’d made without her. But Tem was…

“It will only get worse if you resist.” “I don’t care.” “You will soon.” “I hate you.” “Now, now. We both know that is not true.” Tem shook her head. She didn’t have time for Apollo’s nonsense right now. She was too turned on, too filled with need, to care any longer how it was…

I do know. Tem jumped at his voice in her mind. You can’t just eavesdrop on me like that. I have already told you, Temperance. Your thoughts are rather loud. Well, tune them out. That is impossible. Tem rolled her eyes. In response, Apollo took her hand in his, lifted it to his mouth, and…